Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 2070
GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 2070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3070
- + Release year (+3)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+45 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+6,600M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+53 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+3584)
- + TMUs (+40)
- + ROPs (+32)
- + RT cores (+10)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+14.85 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+61.90 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+84.10 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+6.2)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+2958)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+2292)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+35042)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+37574)
- + Normalized score (+8.0)
B
GeForce RTX 2070
- + Tensor cores (+104)
- + PassMark (overall) (+1699)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3070
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2070
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+3) | 2018 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 448 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 125 W (+45 W) | 80 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm (-4 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 17,400M (+6,600M) | 10,800M |
| Die size (mm²) | 392 mm² (+53 mm²) | 445 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 (+3584) | 2,304 |
| TMUs | 184 (+40) | 144 |
| ROPs | 96 (+32) | 64 |
| RT cores | 46 (+10) | 36 |
| Tensor cores | 184 | 288 (+104) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 20.31 TFLOPS (+14.85 TFLOPS) | 5.46 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 165.60 GPixel/s (+61.90 GPixel/s) | 103.70 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 317.40 GTexel/s (+84.10 GTexel/s) | 233.30 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 23.2 (+6.2) | 17.0 |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,364 | 16,063 (+1699) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 9,619 (+2958) | 6,661 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 25,478 (+2292) | 23,186 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 123,479 (+35042) | 88,437 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 120,982 (+37574) | 83,408 |
| Normalized score | 78.5 (+8.0) | 70.5 |
Only in component A
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In both
CUDA
DLSS
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce RTX 2070 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anno 1800 | 35 FPS | 69 FPS | 97.1% (B) |
| Apex Legends | 143 FPS | 128 FPS | +11.7% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 63 FPS | 69 FPS | 9.5% (B) |
| Battlefield 5 | 120 FPS | 92 FPS | +30.4% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 78 FPS | 71 FPS | +9.9% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War | 82 FPS | 81 FPS | +1.2% (A) |
| Control | 70 FPS | 68 FPS | +2.9% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 241 FPS | 150 FPS | +60.7% (A) |
| Crysis Remastered | 63 FPS | 71 FPS | 12.7% (B) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 119 FPS | 60 FPS | +98.3% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 | 58 FPS | 62 FPS | 6.9% (B) |
| Days Gone | 112 FPS | 101 FPS | +10.9% (A) |
| Death Stranding | 74 FPS | 115 FPS | 55.4% (B) |
| Dirt 5 | 77 FPS | 69 FPS | +11.6% (A) |
| Doom Eternal | 152 FPS | 149 FPS | +2% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 130 FPS | 127 FPS | +2.4% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 110 FPS | 119 FPS | 8.2% (B) |
| F1 2020 | 118 FPS | 146 FPS | 23.7% (B) |
| F1 2021 | 66 FPS | 139 FPS | 110.6% (B) |
| FIFA 21 | 148 FPS | 211 FPS | 42.6% (B) |
| Far Cry 5 | 119 FPS | 103 FPS | +15.5% (A) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 80 FPS | 91 FPS | 13.8% (B) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 28 FPS | 77 FPS | 175% (B) |
| Flight Simulator 2020 | 42 FPS | 49 FPS | 16.7% (B) |
| Fortnite | 150 FPS | 122 FPS | +23% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 189 FPS | 121 FPS | +56.2% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 159 FPS | 85 FPS | +87.1% (A) |
| GRID 2019 | 83 FPS | 104 FPS | 25.3% (B) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 58 FPS | 127 FPS | 119% (B) |
| Gears Tactics | 110 FPS | 115 FPS | 4.5% (B) |
| Hitman 3 | 121 FPS | 124 FPS | 2.5% (B) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 83 FPS | 85 FPS | 2.4% (B) |
| Hunt Showdown | 98 FPS | 101 FPS | 3.1% (B) |
| Immortals Fenyx Rising | 73 FPS | 72 FPS | +1.4% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 78 FPS | 90 FPS | 15.4% (B) |
| Metro Exodus | 97 FPS | 61 FPS | +59% (A) |
| Need for Speed Heat | 66 FPS | 84 FPS | 27.3% (B) |
| Outriders | 94 FPS | 94 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Rage 2 | 102 FPS | 103 FPS | 1% (B) |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 67 FPS | 66 FPS | +1.5% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 140 FPS | 65 FPS | +115.4% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 136 FPS | 126 FPS | +7.9% (A) |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 139 FPS | 92 FPS | +51.1% (A) |
| Serious Sam 4 | 74 FPS | 71 FPS | +4.2% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 88 FPS | 149 FPS | 69.3% (B) |
| Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 72 FPS | 92 FPS | 27.8% (B) |
| Star Wars Squadrons | 180 FPS | 228 FPS | 26.7% (B) |
| The Division 2 | 85 FPS | 94 FPS | 10.6% (B) |
| The Witcher 3 | 170 FPS | 122 FPS | +39.3% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 122 FPS | 116 FPS | +5.2% (A) |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 101 FPS | 89 FPS | +13.5% (A) |
| Valorant | 210 FPS | 180 FPS | +16.7% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 62 FPS | 82 FPS | 32.3% (B) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 12 FPS | 72 FPS | 500% (B) |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 90 FPS | 96 FPS | 6.7% (B) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3070 wins 18 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).